On Aug 3, 2013, at 10:23 PM, Yoav Nir <ynir(_at_)checkpoint(_dot_)com> wrote:
The participation in the IETF is already pseudonymous. I have a driver's
license, a passport, and a national ID card, all proving that my name is
indeed Yoav Nir. But I have never been asked to present any of them at the
IETF. I claim to work for Check Point, and my email address tends to suggest
it, but a lot of participants use gmail addresses.
So, you pay cash when you register?
It would probably be difficult to keep your identity secret if there were a
discovery process during a patent trial. You would also have to lie on the
stand, and risk severe repercussions if your lie were revealed.
So yes, this is a problem, but it's not clear to me that it's a serious problem.